BIZARRE: Fla. cities in pig disputes
By: AP
5/16/2008
WINTER PARK, Fla. — Two towns in central Florida are at odds over how many potbellied pigs can be kept under one roof as pets.
In Kissimmee, officials plan to restrict the number of pet pigs to one per household after one home drew complaints about the smell from its handful of potbellies. But in Winter Park, which is only 20 miles away, officials are considering expanding the city's farm-animal ban and will draft an ordinance.
Owners of miniature pigs across the country have convinced their local authorities that these animals are exotic pets and not livestock.
One Kissimmee resident, Pamala Sutton, has several pigs. She could soon be forced to relinquish her herd. Meanwhile, neighbors of Mary Anne Holls of Winter Park are amused by her Scarlet Petunia and Rex Begonia.
